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Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/24/2004 05:44:54 PM · #1

Hey there. I just wanted to get a little feedback on this shot. I'm kinda taken by it, but not sure why. Do I have anything here, or is it just me?

Couple of questions:

Is it way too dark?
Is the Vignetting that noticeable?

Before I forget

joshua

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

05/24/2004 05:47:39 PM · #2

the blues are amazing in the photo. only thing i would say is the fountain? looks a little out of place

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

05/24/2004 05:47:56 PM · #3

I like the mood you are trying to portray here.

In answer to your questions:

Too dark? Yes and no. The sky seems right for the mood of the photo. The trees and foreground are a bit dark.

Vignetting? what vignetting? I don't see any at all. Maybe it would be more noticable if the foreground were lighter.

05/24/2004 05:55:09 PM · #4

I was kinda wondering about that fountain too. If I go to print, I would clone it out

I noticed the vignetting at a Higher Screen Resolution (1600 x 1200). When I lowered it, this wasn't so noticeable.

joshua

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

05/24/2004 05:55:26 PM · #5

one more thing, i was messin around with it a little bit...how about cropping most of the grass in the foreground out?

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/24/2004 06:03:33 PM · #6

Originally posted by achiral:

one more thing, i was messin around with it a little bit...how about cropping most of the grass in the foreground out?

Bump'd the light on the grass & cropped.

I do like it better w/the grass cropped. Thanks!

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

05/24/2004 06:17:55 PM · #7

This crop seems to work better, however the foreground is still a bit dark. When I brought it into photoshop it was much brighter. Go figure.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

05/24/2004 06:41:03 PM · #8

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

This crop seems to work better, however the foreground is still a bit dark. When I brought it into photoshop it was much brighter. Go figure.

Yes, this is kinda wierd. In my NikonView the foreground is great. In Photoshop it isn't as light, but works. In I.E. -- way too dark.

I need to calibrate my monitor anyway.

dacrazyrn

Nikon D300

05/24/2004 07:17:34 PM · #9

For web, I always make a copy (opened) switch the View->Montior (soft proofing) on, then with the original and copy side by side, adjust the copy to the original for web based pics. Then Save For Web.
I do think the foreground needs a bit more "light" to it. Did you try using Channels and masking it and then brightening it up some?
Great shot, anyway!

05/24/2004 07:25:58 PM · #10

Ok, I went back to the drawing board and reworked the photo from .nef to .tif to .jpg w/neat.

I'll mess around with Channels in the .tif to see what happens.

BillE

Canon PowerShot G5

05/24/2004 08:12:47 PM · #11

I took a crack at it. I did the following in Photoshop:

I created a copy of the background layer and then deleted the background. I isolated the foreground by picking the sky using the color range tool and selecting inverse. I then created a new layer from this selection. I changed the blending mode for the new layer to "screen". This really brighted the foreground but it also brightened the sky a bit so I went in and erased the sky areas on that layer. I also messed with the hue/saturation a bit to bring out a bit of green.